>From what I have read SCO's license includes the right to re-license the code to others, so they can license to other parties the same rights they have from Novell (or close there too).
-David On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 11:57, Janyne Kizer wrote: > OK, this is a question for you. If SCO owns no Unix intellectual > properly, what did Microsoft buy last week? > http://news.com.com/2100-1016-1007528.html?tag=nl Am I missing > something? I mean, Novell claims to hold the patents and Microsoft > claimed to license SCO's patents... > > Jon Carnes wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 11:31, Jeremy Portzer wrote: > > > > > I think that's one of the issues that makes people so mad about this -- > > > SCO won't say what portions are in dispute. Which makes people suspect > > > even more that the whole purpose of SCO's actions is FUD -- just like > > > Novell's Messman says in the press release at > > > http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html > > > > > I've been trying to get through to that site for over an hour now... > > It's totally /.-ed. > > > > >From what I can tell from other stories (and Hunters play-by-play in IRC > > of the SCO financial conference phone call), SCO really only has rights > > to re-license UNIX system V trademarks and source code. > > > > Novell holds the original rights to license the same Source code and > > copyrights, however, Novell's take on the situation is that the code is > > Open, and has always been Open! So no need for anyone to license it. > > > > The disputed code that affects Linux is in the code for the IP stack. > > SCO says they showed it to IBM for use in the AIX operating system and > > that some of the code filtered its way into the Linux kernel from IBM > > developers. IBM disputes this. Novell says, the code was open anyway! > > > > Novell trumps, as they actually "own" the code if there is an owner... > > > > http://www.perens.com/Articles/SCO/BigLie.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- David A. Cafaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sys Admin to User: "You did what?!?" _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
